Photos: Gabrielle Giffords, Public Garden swans, and others seen around town

PADDLE PAIR: A crowd gathers to welcome swans Romeo and Juliet to the Public Garden in Boston on May 7 . . . . SEE YOURSELF ON THIS PAGE. E-mail party and event photos to outandabout@globe.com.
photograph by David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

Photos: Gabrielle Giffords, Public Garden swans, and others seen around town

ONWARD: Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords receives a Profile in Courage Award from Caroline Kennedy, president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation at the JFK Library in Dorchester on May 5.